The eighth festival of puppet plays was conducted in 1997, with 33 plays on stage, including 7 foreign sections, from Russia, Greece, India, Austria, Belgium and Croatia along with 26 Iranian plays.
El octavo festival de teatro de marionetas tuvo lugar en 1997 y en él se presentaron 33 obras, 7 extranjeras (de Rusia, Grecia, India, Austria, Bélgica y Croacia) y 26 iraníes.